Sizing is important. got one kind of load on your 5501 and the 1.5 amp supply is fine, got another and you need a bigger one.
12volt power supplies aren't particularly rare or special so I think there's some assumption that you'll chose one most appropriate to you application. On 3/8/11 9:38 AM, David Smith wrote: > I've been lurking on the list for a few months, and I currently have two > Soekris devices in service (a 4801 and a 5501). I note that there seems > to be sporadic traffic of the following form. > Q: my Soekris is doing weird things and appears to not be running correctly > A: try a different power supply > > It seems that more often than not a different power supply solves the > problem. This causes me to wonder aloud to the list, and ask what are > likely rhetorical questions. > 1. Why does it seem so difficult to find good, reliable power sources > for the Soekris? Is there a brand/model that works reliably with the > Soekris, for many years, that is suitable for us in the United States > (110 V, 60Hz)? > 2. If such a devices is known to the market, why isn't that the one > shipped with a new Soekris device? > 3. Given that the Soekris family of devices is either finicky about > power supplies, or that good power supplies are hard to find, would it > make sense for future Soekris devices to add additional LED displays to > identify over/under voltage or over/under current conditions in the > power supply? That way at least we'd know that the power supply was the > likely source of the issue, rather than guessing. > > I love the devices, but the power supply interaction does seem to be a > bit of a weakness in the package's usability. > > David > > > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
